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Jeremiah 25

Jer. 25:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And this whole land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
shall be a desolation
chorbah (Hebrew #2723)
properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
KJV usage: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
Pronounce: khor-baw'
Origin: feminine of 2721
s, and an astonishment
shammah (Hebrew #8047)
ruin; by implication, consternation
KJV usage: astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
Pronounce: sham-maw'
Origin: from 8074
; and these nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
shall serve
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Babylon
Babel (Hebrew #894)
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV usage: Babel, Babylon.
Pronounce: baw-bel'
Origin: from 1101
seventy
shib`iym. (Hebrew #7657)
seventy
KJV usage: seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).
Pronounce: shib-eem'
Origin: multiple of 7651
t years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
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Lev. 26:34‑35• 34Then shall the land enjoy her Sabbaths all the days of her desolation, when ye [are] in your enemies' land; then shall the land rest and enjoy her Sabbaths.
 35All the days of the desolation it shall rest; in which it rested not on your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. (Lev. 26:34‑35)
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Beginning 606,
2 Kings 14:1• 1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, began Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, to reign. (2 Kings 14:1)
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Ezra 1:1• 1And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, (Ezra 1:1)
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Dan. 9:2• 2In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. (Dan. 9:2)
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seventy.This prophecy was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and began to be accomplished immediately; and it was exactly seventy years from this time to the proclamation of Cyrus for the return of the Jews.
Jer. 25:12• 12And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. (Jer. 25:12)
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2 Chron. 36:21‑22• 21to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbath, for as long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath to fulfil seventy years.
 22And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, (2 Chron. 36:21‑22)
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Isa. 23:15‑17• 15And it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be for Tyre as a harlot's song.
 16Take a harp, go about the city, thou forgotten harlot; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
 17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she will return to her hire, and will commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the ground. (Isa. 23:15‑17)
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Dan. 9:2• 2In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. (Dan. 9:2)
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Zech. 1:12• 12Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? (Zech. 1:12)
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Zech. 7:5• 5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? (Zech. 7:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And this whole land shall become a waste, an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

W. Kelly Translation

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And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.